I'm having trouble parsing array values from one custom module to another.

In my custom module1package, I have the following -

use Dbsql::module2package;
my @addresses=Dbsql::module2package::sub_name($variable_1,$variable_2);

In my custom module2package, I have the following -

return @addresses;

I have tested module2package and @addresses at this point contains two values (e.g Hello, Goodbye)
but @addresses in module1package only contains the number 2 (which I assume is refering to the number of items stored). Why aren't the values being parsed?

I'm sure this is a very small problem with a simple solution that I am overlooking.
Can anyone help me out?
Thank you.